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DescriptionIn this video about the niche topic that is music I explore one of the oldest surviving songs, emotion expressed through music, Mozart's preoccupations with scatology, the ubiquitous drum sample known as the Amen Break, and a piano duel for the ages with some salty strips of potato-based produce on the side.

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DescriptionIn this video about the social news aggregation website Reddit I explore its rivalry with Digg, what it takes to reach the frontpage, the ubiquity of reposts, the effortless recovery of a lost film, and cryptic subreddits.

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DescriptionMuch like last year, 2017 was a year when things happened. Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump held a long-distance name-calling contest. Ransomware infected hundreds of thousands of systems. Advertisers boycotted YouTube in the Adpocalypse fiasco. Bitcoin surged like never before and the space industry has proven itself a beacon of hope once more.